Telegram-herald., 1887-06-10
WILLIAM A. WHEELER DEAD.
The sx-y.e5 President Passes Peacefully
AWAY YesterdAy Foreaooa-

The sx-y.e5 President Passes Peacefully
Away Yesterday Forenoon
wArxKrovS, y. y. June 4-Wm. A.
1910 this morning. He remained In .
comstoss state during the night and pass
ed away without . sign Of recognition Of
those about him. Life went out so grad
uaily and quietly that IL was hard to
mark the exact moment of It's fight. Mr..
Wheeler, whose vitality had been decreas-
ing slowly through the past six years.
retained his usual v.gcr mp 10 perhaps six
months ago. From that date ne failed
rapidly.
he was tortured terribly BY insomnia
and neuralgia, and was also afflicted with
eatarrh Of tbs bladder. The night OF the
81 0f March last he WAS seizci with q chill.
folloxe by a sinking spell and then by
fever. and tor hours bis physicians thought
him dyirg. He never fully rallied from
that attack snd mind aud body wasted
away together. There has probably been
softsnlng OF she brain, and for weeks he was
irrational. This bTasn affection was the
immediate cause of death. Monday laH be
sank into . state of inconsistencies hom
which he was never fully aroused for a
moment OF two. Since WEDNESDAY he had
not spoken nor given any sign of recogEi-
ton OF friends or what wss going on
around him. he had no near relatives in
the world to minister 70 him during his Ill
ness or watch by his death bed. A number
OF his vise's relatives and triends wege
grouped around bis bedside when the sad
hour came.
William Alnon Wheeler Was born in
Malone, Franklin county. n. Y, May 30
1919. lie entered puolie life in 1880, when
l. r. -
the New York legislature He afterwards
served repeatedly In beth Honses of tina.
body. In 1853 be was elected q member of
Congress from the Seventeenth New YORK
District and he was reelected in 1870, 1872
and 1875. he was brought into conspicuous
notice in 1875 as the author of VIVA. was
kno vn as the Wheeler Adjustment" h7
which the disturbed copdilion of AFFAIRS in
Louisiana was settled. and the Republican
| State administration Of Governor kellogg
was sus.s ned. The cre1it which he gained
| In tAis transaction was such as TO recon-
mend him to the Republican National Con-
vsntion of 1876. by .bica ne was nomina-
/ ted for Vice President on the ticket with
| Rutherford 3. Hayes for President. He wss
| elected and served four years in the Vice
| Presidency. Since March a. 1881. be has
| lived In retirement at ais home ia Malone.
The funeral will Be held on Tuesday next,
| at the Congregational Church Ex-PFesi-
| dent Hayes has telexraphsd that himself
snd son viii attend The funeral.
| That coepsrsviiie- spring Lake Game.
The following letter from the Coopers-
vile Base Ball Club explains itself. and
having given both versions Of the affair the
| TzrxsRAu- UxraLp d--~s the matter aud
| will l-sve further settlement 10 the uielders
/ Of he willow.
I Tethe EiItor ofthe TrLxeskx HERALD.
CoorrRsvrILK june 4-Plesse allow rs =
| few words in reply IS a cloud seemed TO
i hover over the diminutive brain Of the
i Spring Lake correspondent in reporfin !.
I the Coopersville-S Spring Lake game Of bali
| he claims that the umpire won the game
i nv allowing SIX runs in the seventh inning.
| Now We only made three runs in that in-
i ming. both scorers agreeing In their mark
4 ing. and ss an eridence Of the utter fxsssry
| Of this statement find enclosed the exact
score by innings. Another statement
that they'picked up four new and
| inerperiencedf' players i smother canard.
| for their Captain told as upon arrival that
sll his meu we're there. The fact Of the
| matter 10 Spring Lake hsi four separate
and distinct clubs to choose from. The
i Grand Haven. "Ferrys5urg. 9. L. Black
/ Legs" ard the Spring Lake clubs, and they
/ picksd the best players Of each club. sure.
| Please allow as TO fsunt cur grievance be-
/ FORE the public eyes row. Our club EFF
| home about noon and had no time % eat
anything but = light iuzcheon; then riding
/ over ffeen miles through very ulcdy roads
and playing bail until o'clock In the
evening on very empty stomschs, vas not
sxreeable to say the least. What
1 With this and the unmsrcifsi "x1v
| ing Of the sudisnca. the Solid MaIdoonsn
| we're hardly ~ SOLID as usual. The
| spring Lsxerz isre not deny but that we
we're insultei a. every turn. move aud play
we usde sy the gang they cad srdience.
and "a cap the ciimsx" thsy allowed II to
I ride home without even Offering ne cur
supper. In the hotel where toe club
stopped % buy their own supper the pro
pfistor said Yes. you can eat. bat that
I'D umpire csn'tn He was quickly
earsirned 20 . somewhat warmer cline hy
the ssptain. and the ~Soiid Nu1doons LEFT
| Spring Lake . nsider. ssider sad d;sxssssd
| club. These grievances should be buried
| deep in our bosoms bat for the pitifai
whine. "Ths unpirs's 20 blame Sfill. in
spite Of sll, the ~auldoons~ sot there iast
the ssme.-Toars respectfully,
! AMusxA